Chapter 74. To grant to the Mahoning and Shenango Railway and Light Company, its successors and assigns, the right to construct, complete, maintain, and operate a combination dam and bridge, and approaches thereto, across the Mahoning River, near the borough of Lowellville, in the County of Mahoning and State o
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CHAP. 74.— An Act To grant to the Mahoning and Shenango Railway and Light Company, its successors and assigns, the right to construct, complete, maintain, and operate a combination dam and bridge, and approaches thereto, across the Mahoning River, near the borough of Lowellville, in the County of Mahoning and State of Ohio. February 15, 1917.[[S. 7556](/us/bill/64/s/7556).][[Public, No. 325](/us/pl/64/325).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the consent of CongressMahoning River.Mahoning and Shenango Railway and Light Company may dam and bridge, Mahoning County, Ohio. is hereby granted to the Mahoning and Shenango Railway and Light Company and its successors and assigns, to construct, complete, maintain, and operate a combined dam and bridge, and approaches thereto, across the Mahoning River, near the borough of Lowellville, in the County of Mahoning, in the State of Ohio, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the constructionVol. 34, p. 386;
Vol. 36, p. 593. of dams across navigable waters,” approved June twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six, and amended June twenty-third,Vol. 34, p. 84. nineteen hundred and ten, and the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. Sec. 2. That the parts thereof constructed prior to June fourteenth,Prior construction legalized. nineteen hundred and sixteen, are hereby legalized subject to the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 3. That in addition to the provisions of the above-mentionedRight reserved to alter or remove. Acts respecting alterations or removal of the structure herein authorized the right is hereby reserved to require its alteration or removal, at the expense of the persons owning, controlling, or operating the structure, in the event that the United States improve the Mahoning River for navigation or participate in the improvement thereof, and in the event that interests other than the United States improve the river for navigation the right is reserved to require alteration or removal of that portion of the structure built subsequent to June fourteenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, the expense thereof to be a matter for adjustment between the persons owning, controlling, or operating the structure and those making the improvement.
Sec. 4. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, February 15, 1917.